Didn't Lotus vs. Borland show us that command hierarchies could be copied? Command hierarchy is not protected by copyright law because it was a "method of operation." I don't see how a command hierarchy of gestures is different from a command hiearchy of menu items.
You should know by now that El Jobso and his cronies have no grasp of the legal system. At least, this time around, they're not stealing something outright.
I want to know how this is going to affect Microsoft's Surface stuff...if the patent goes through, will that force MS to change anything?
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Patiwat @ Aug 2nd 2007 2:08PM
How can they patent this?
Didn't Lotus vs. Borland show us that command hierarchies could be copied? Command hierarchy is not protected by copyright law because it was a "method of operation." I don't see how a command hierarchy of gestures is different from a command hiearchy of menu items.
Zennalathas @ Aug 2nd 2007 2:26PM
You should know by now that El Jobso and his cronies have no grasp of the legal system. At least, this time around, they're not stealing something outright.
I want to know how this is going to affect Microsoft's Surface stuff...if the patent goes through, will that force MS to change anything?
Mike Manzano @ Aug 2nd 2007 3:30PM
The patent is about interactive teaching of a command hierarchy to users, not about command hierarchies.
RTFP.